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Why did I go see....?

#84
Hopkins said:
I don't regret seeing any show I have seen, but the worst was Three Days Grace, and the only reason I didn't regret it, is because it was free. It was a recent show with their new singer, all the vocals were tracked, with the old singers voice. When the new guy happened to put his mouth close enough to the mic to actually come through the PA he sounded completely different than what was in the track. Not to mention, that I saw them on a rock n roll cruise, and were total jerks. The rest of the bands were great, and were cool people.

I regret not going to Pantera on one of their last tours. I was kind of broke and figured I could catch them next time, then they broke up and Dime was killed, so I missed my chance.

The show I am most grateful to get to attend was Jimmy Page/Robert Plant in 1996
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I don't know, I worked with a guy who had seen pantera THREE times. He said 2/3 were just awful. Said they were completely wasted and sounded like utter crap both of the times he saw them.
 
#85
Right_Butterscotch64 said:
I don't know, I worked with a guy who had seen pantera THREE times. He said 2/3 were just awful. Said they were completely wasted and sounded like utter crap both of the times he saw them.
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I was fortunate enough to see Pantera more times than I can ever count. Sometimes 2x's per weekend for 3 or 4 years. They (and most folks in the opening bands, as well as virtually everyone in the clubs) were wasted often. Back then, they never missed a beat, and Dime rarely screwed up. The power and energy they exuded was part of the thing that made them so special. Your friend probably saw them later on, when Phil was at his worst.
 
#87
I had a chance to see the Rolling Stones for not a whole lot of money in 1978 or so. I didn't have money at all at the time, so I missed it. I also could have seen the Specials in a tiny little punk club, but had something else going on that night. It was about 1980. The club was so small that the band took up about half the room. That would have been a whole lot of fun.

There are more people I'm glad I saw.
 
#90
Ritchie_Darling said:
Fleetwood Mac on the Rumors tour was by far the very worst concert that I ever saw.
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I saw them on the Tusk tour and THAT was the worst concert I ever saw. Stevie Nicks had lost all her range and sang no high notes, Mick Fleetwood spent 10 minutes banging a handheld drum all coked up, and everyone else on stage had the personality of wet paper towels except Lindsay, who had the personality of an angry wannabe solo artist pissed that he had to play in a band and split the money.
 
#91
JimmyM said:
I saw them on the Tusk tour and THAT was the worst concert I ever saw. Stevie Nicks had lost all her range and sang no high notes, Mick Fleetwood spent 10 minutes banging a handheld drum all coked up, and everyone else on stage had the personality of wet paper towels except Lindsay, who had the personality of an angry wannabe solo artist pissed that he had to play in a band and split the money.
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Having said that, I saw Lindey Buckingham a few years later and he was brilliant!
 
#97
The biggest *** concert: There was a free concert in Philly at what was known as the FU Center (First ScrUnion Bank owned). The main performer: Sri Chinmoy. Me and some friends went because all we knew about him was that he was at the top of the pyramid on the 3rd Mahavishnu Orchestra album, and clearly he inspired great music in people like John McLaughlin, Carlos Santana, and Narada Michael Walden. What we saw was travesty. Chinmoy was a fraud that claimed to have written 120,000 poems, a million paintings and sketches of birds, and 356,000 songs. He proceeded to play like 20 awful songs, some of which were made bearable by accompaniment, but he was butchering one instrument after another. A string instrument here, what appeared to be a toy keyboard there, a melodium next. All of his songs were amateurish parodies of ragas played out-of-tune when possible. People left in droves even though the promise of a free peace concert brought in good attendance, and even though my friends and I were giggling by then we finally took pity on ourselves and walked out.

I've seen some really notable combinations of music over the years. My favorites were when I got to see an awesome variety at a similar time:

  • Caught Painkiller at the Knitting Factory when a previously unknown Buckethead joined in, and then walked across the way grinning to the Blue Note where McCoy Tyner was playing and then George Benson showed up to play guitar. Two great cameos in one night!
  • One year I saw Primus, Arturo Sandoval, and Michael Brecker all in the same week. It felt like there were virtuosos everywhere!
  • An educational perspective: I've seen Stanley Clarke about a number of times over the years and even got to play upright bass behind him once on stage, and he's usually awesome. But one time in the 90s he was clearly concentrating too much on film music and his chops were down. He was playing (free in Philly again hmmmmm) at Penn's Landing and started obviously pandering to the audience, assuming that they would just want to hear smooth jazz and modern R&B stylings. His behavior was so embarrassing that I left. Then my buddy and I went to see Slayer at the Trocadero because I recognized Tom Araya earlier in the day and he gave me free tickets. The musicianship at the Slayer concert was so much better than at the jazz concert which was quite an eye-opener!
 
#98
Worsts: Steve Miller. They guy seemed like he was annoyed at being there... Pat Benatar back him up and blew him off the stage.
Eric Clapton about 6-7 years ago with Bonnie Raitt. Bonnie Raitt was incredible.. Killer guitar player, joined on stage by Bryan Adams and Sarah McLaughlin. Eric was like watching paint dry. No energy, non of his rock tunes... Just a snoozer.

I fell asleep during Tea Party. I don't know why. They were bad, they just put me to sleep for some reason!

Highlights: ZZ Top both back in the early 80's then at Sturgis Motorcycle Rally with Buck Cherry. Amazing concert!
Queen, 3 times. Harlequin suit, 80's tight shorts (Vancouver show of the tour filmed in Montreal) and Biker phase... all three were awesome.
David Bowie filming videos for the Serious Moonlight tour, with Stevie Ray Vaughn on guitar.
The Who's Farewell Tour. You wouldn't know Pete put his whammy thru his hand the night before in Seattle.
The Police Synchronicity tour, INXS (twice), Heart, Supertramp the first time... Van Halen at their peak.

Surprises: UZEB (Alain Caron is a god) at Expo '86. The Kingbees at The Commodore, Loverboy at a club called Frams just before the hit it big, Bryan Adams in a bar called The Cariboo just before "You Want It, You Got It" came out... When he was cool..
 
#99
MrLenny1 said:
Went to see Clapton, paid scalpers price.
Eric walks out and says"I'm playing nothing but the Blues tonight,hope you like it"
Uugh! I did not like it!
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I'd have loved it.
When I saw Eric in concert he played mostly blues--although it was mostly blues that he had recorded & released studio versions of it--so there was some Cream and some Derek & the Dominoes, etc.
 
#100
G-MonRV5 said:
A few years back I took my daughter and a friend to see the Jonas Brothers with Avril Lavigne and Demi Lovato opening. It really wasn't so bad given what it was, but obviously not my cup of tea.

Special moments I've been fortunate enough to catch: Red Hot Chili Peppers (Mother's Milk tour, club show! - 1989), Miles Davis (1990 - one year before he passed), King's X (a few times, but 1992 stands out)... Am I showing my age?
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Saw the Peppers on tha tsame tour....the bill was Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, and RHCP. Both Smashing and PJ got booed off the stage. It was awesome! Before the Chili Peppers, Chad Smith came out and gave a full 15 minute anti-Ohio State rant (it was the week before the OSU/Michigan game) which really got the crowd riled up here in C-bus. then the Peppers came out and killed it....great, but weird, show.

Saw Kings X on from Gretchen to Dogman tours. they are still one of my favorite bands and had a sound that none other had...esp back then!
 

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